Would Kanye West Really Go to Phillip Lim's Garden Party?

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The program for 3.1 Phillip Lim's SS11 collection, presented today at the Armory amongst an indoor Louise Nevelson-esque sculpture garden, opened with this lyric from Charlotte Gainsbourg's Dandelion: `She walks crooked and paints her eyelids blue...dande-lion, I wanna go there too.' Sure Lim, we'll join you in that garden. We bet your loyal front row, girls like Alexa Chung and Irina Lazareanu will be there, too. As for Kanye, well his jacket was pink.

The designer sent out a parade of architectural cut-out cocktail dresses, peplum jackets, bustier blouses, slouchy pants suits, leather pinafores, tunics, and day-dresses in a palette of azure, camel, white, blush and black was so electric that it almost emit sparks. Embellishments like lambskin paillettes, rhinestone and antique rope embroidery, tassels, and asymmetric drapery added to the dynamism of Lim's highly wearable (as usual) collection.

His platform `Brancusie' heels, `Constantine' slip-through sandals and `Sapeur' booties may also go to the top of your spring shopping list after they've been tweaked by production—every single model appeared to have trouble walking in the thick, wooden shoes.